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CLARK, William (1770-1838), soldier, explorer. Manuscript document signed ("Wm.Clark Lt.Ad. QMG. 4 SL") as Quartermaster General, comprising a "Whiskey Return for the 4th Sub Legion." N.p. [Greenville?], 13-14 November 1794. 1 page, 4to, docketed on verso.
WHISKEY FOR THE GENERAL WAYNE'S TROOPS, AFTER THE VICTORY AT FALLEN TIMBERS. Only three months after Wayne's decisive victory over the Ohio Valley Indians at Fallen Timbers, the 24-year-old Clark issues whiskey rations to part of Wayne's "Legion Army." The document, penned in a clerk's bold hand and ruled in tabular format, lists 9 different companies by Commander, and in columns, the numbers of "men," "women," "Children," plus the number of total "rations drawn," and "rations returned." Beneath the table, is the order of Adjutant General John Mills: "The Quartermaster will Issue [992] Rations of whiskey on the above return."
It was during the 1793-94 Ohio Valley campaigns of Wayne that the young Clark, a veteran frontiersman, first met Meriwether Lewis, who served with him in the same division. Some nine years later, Lewis would invite Clark to accompany him on the historic expedition to explore the vast lands of the Louisiana Territory. Documents signed by Clark from this early period are EXTREMELY RARE.
WHISKEY FOR THE GENERAL WAYNE'S TROOPS, AFTER THE VICTORY AT FALLEN TIMBERS. Only three months after Wayne's decisive victory over the Ohio Valley Indians at Fallen Timbers, the 24-year-old Clark issues whiskey rations to part of Wayne's "Legion Army." The document, penned in a clerk's bold hand and ruled in tabular format, lists 9 different companies by Commander, and in columns, the numbers of "men," "women," "Children," plus the number of total "rations drawn," and "rations returned." Beneath the table, is the order of Adjutant General John Mills: "The Quartermaster will Issue [992] Rations of whiskey on the above return."
It was during the 1793-94 Ohio Valley campaigns of Wayne that the young Clark, a veteran frontiersman, first met Meriwether Lewis, who served with him in the same division. Some nine years later, Lewis would invite Clark to accompany him on the historic expedition to explore the vast lands of the Louisiana Territory. Documents signed by Clark from this early period are EXTREMELY RARE.